Corset-fastening



No. 607,022. Patented July l2, I898. W. B. H. DOWSE.

CORSET FASTENING.

(Application filed Feb. 15, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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Nrrnn STATES ATENI \VILLIAM B. H. DOVVSE, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS,ASSIGNOR TO THE CONSOLIDATED FASTENER COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

CORSET-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 607,022, dated July 12,1898.

Application filed February 15,1897. Serial No. 623,346. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. H. Dowsn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newton, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCorset-Fastenings, of which the following is a full specification.

My invention relates to corsets; and it consists of an improvedfastening for the same having a male member and a female member, ashereinafter described in detail, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure 1 shows a plan of the metal strips at thefront of a corset embodying my invention. Fig. 2 shows an enlarged planof the under side of my female member. Fig. 3 is a vertical section ofthe same on the line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is the same, except that thesection is taken on the line 4 4, Fig. 1, and shows the male memberengaged therewith. Fig. 5 shows in section the parts of my femalemembers before they are assembled.

In the drawings, A and B are the two metal strips secured to the frontedges of my corset. The strip A is provided with the male members E andthe strip B with female members F. The male members E consist of a studhaving an enlarged head 6 and contracted neck 6, the stud being suitablysecured to the face of the strip A. The female members]? consist of theplate O and socket-piece D, the plate 0 being suitably secured to thestrip B, so that it projects over its edge at right angles to its lengthand carries in its projecting end the socket-piece D, as shown. Theplate 0 is provided with the hole 0, through which the socket-piece isinserted and riveted, and the slit 0, which either terminates in thehole 0 or extends to the rear edge of the plate 0, as shown in the lowerfastener in Fig. 1. The plate 0 is split for purposes of resiliency inorder that the socketpiece may expand slightly when riveted in the holea. 'The socket-piece D is used with the split plate 0, and before beingattached thereto has the shape shown in Fig. 5. It consists of the capor attaching part Z, the plate-attaching shoulder Y, the socket-chamberT, and

the stud-grippin g extension X, formed by the rolled-in neck V and thebackwardly-turned supporting-flange NV. The cross-section of thestud-gripping extension X is of the shape of an 8, whose lower curvedend extends inward toward the center, forming the rolledin neck V. Thesocket-piece D has the slits :20, extending through the neck V and theflange W, so that a resilient ring or neck V is formed, through which asolid stud may be forced, as shown in Fig. 4. The slits 00 also extendup above the shoulder Y into the attaching part Z, as shown, and abovethe said shoulder these slits are alternated by the perforations y inthe sides of the attaching part Z. By this means the attaching part Z isreadily upset onto the plate 0, which cannot be easily accomplished ifthe walls are solid. The socket-piece D is attached to the plate 0 bypressing the cap or attaching part Z up through the hole 0 untiltheplate rests upon the attaching-shoulder Y and the edge of thesupporting-flange WV. Then while holding the stud-gripping extension Xin a suitable supporting-die a suitably-shaped die is pressed upon thecap or attaching part Z, which is thus swaged down upon the plate O,gripping the said plate 0 tightly between its overlapping edge 2 on theupper side and the shoulder Y and the flange WV on the under side.

Thus the socket-piece has the cap or attaching piece Z, with itsperforations y and upper ends of the slits a: above the plate 0, thestudgripping extension below the plate, and a socket-chamber T above theresilient neck V.

I do not claim as my invention a socketpiece from which a completesocket member of a ball-and-socket fastener is formed in the act ofsecuring said piece to a glove or other article on or with which saidmember is used, 0

having a perforated separable flange surrounding a yieldingsocket-entrance, a top section, separate foldable resilient sides,substantially parallel with each other, integral with the top sectionand preformed flange, 5

the material between the flanges, complete I00 the socket entrance andimpart resiliency thereto.

I claim 1. A fastening for corsets and other articles consisting of amale and female part, of which the female part consists of a plateprovided with a socket-piece, having the stud-gripping extension X belowthe plate consisting of a neck and supporting-flange, substantially asshown and described.

2. A fastening for corsets and other articles consisting of a male andfemale part, the latter having a socket-piece having the cap, carried bya plate, an attaching-shoulder, and the gripping extension below theplate substantially as shown and described.

3. A fastening for corsets and other articles consisting of a male andfemale part, of which the female part consists of a split plate, havin gattached thereto a female or stud-receivin g chamber, havingattaching-shoulders and a gripping-neck, substantially as shown anddescribed.

4:. A fastening for corsets and other articles consisting of a metalstrip A provided with male members, and a metal strip B provided withfemale members, of which the female members consist of a plate 0 and asocket D having the attaching-shoulder Y and amale gripping extension Xsubstantially as shown and described.

5. A fastening for corsets and other articles consisting of a male andfemale member, of which the female member is provided with asocket-chamber having the male gripping extension X below the plateconsisting of the neck V and the flange W, substantially as shown anddescribed.

6. A fastening for corsets and other articles i hand.

WM. B. H. DOWSE. Witnesses: I

L. A. STAOKPOLE, A. H. FLANNERY.

